The Los Angeles Times reports that Don Briggs at the University of Northern Iowa has a way for Midwesterners to ice climb by using grain silos. This is accomplished by pouring water from a hose down a concrete (not metal) … Continue reading →

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The americasroof Hawkeye Point photo gallery includes photos from my visit in 1973, the aerial souvenir shot of the Sterler farm as well as the Sterlers at the 2003 Jakk Longacre scattering on the summit.

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This flash summit panorama movie was photographed in August 2003 during the scattering of Jakk Longacre’s ashes on Hawkeye Point. Click on the item to navigate right and left. You can also right click to zoom in.

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Hawkeye Point and the owners the Donna and Merrill Sterler have had an almost cosmic impact on me over 30+ years of highpointing. I first visited Hawkeye in Spring of 1973 — shortly after it appeared on the Rand McNally … Continue reading →

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Merrill Sterler, owner of the Iowa highpoint and one of the kindest men on the planet, has passed. Below is his obituary from basinelectic.com. You can read an interview Roger Rowlett conducted with the Sterlers in August 2003. You can … Continue reading →